Harvey Weinstein Fallout: Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker to Donate His Campaign Contributions

Senators are donating funds received by the Hollywood mogul to charity

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Cory Booker are donating prior funds received from Harvey Weinstein in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against the movie mogul.

A spokesperson for Booker told TheWrap that the junior senator from New Jersey is donating $7,800 he received from Weinstein to the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault. A spokesperson for Warren, Massachusetts’s senior senator, told TheWrap she will donate $5,000 she received from Weinstein during her 2012 campaign to charity.

A spokesperson for Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico also told TheWrap that when Heinrich learned of the allegations, he donated his $5,400 contribution to the Community Against Violence, a non-profit organization in New Mexico.

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